UMN plans harassment policy changes after gymnast complaint, Teague resignation
The University of Minnesota has drafted new policies on sexual harassment and misconduct in response to the actions of its former athletics director and a gymnastic coach. The documents largely...
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Minnesota on the verge of teacher licensing overhaul
The years-long task of overhauling Minnesota’s way of licensing teachers has entered the home stretch. State Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri) If lawmakers can...
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Minnesota’s teacher of the year struggled in school — until teachers changed...
School wasn’t always easy for Corey Bulman. When he was a child, Bulman received special services and often was on the brink of being held back a year in school. But all that changed in high school...
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MN companies have jobs they can’t fill. Here’s how some are trying to reduce...
When building contractor McGough has an opening on one of its construction crews, it doesn’t have to look very far. A short drive from the firm’s national headquarters in Roseville is the campus of St....
View ArticleSt. Paul teaching assistant-coach on leave amid sex-crime investigation
A classroom assistant and coach at Capitol Hill Magnet School is on administrative leave and under investigation by St. Paul Public Schools. Jonathan G. Ball, 33, has worked for the district in various...
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Erik Paulsen calls for independent investigation after Trump’s firing of Comey
Minnesota’s Republican Congressman Erik Paulsen has called for an independent investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election. Rep. Erik Paulsen (Courtesy photo) The statement Wednesday follows...
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St. Thomas Academy teacher fired for ‘inappropriate, concerning’ texts to...
A St. Thomas Academy teacher has been fired after she allegedly sent “inappropriate and concerning” text messages to at least three students, according to the all-male Catholic prep school in Mendota...
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UMN to investigate leak of sexual harassment allegation in athletics department
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents launched an official inquiry Thursday into the leak of confidential information about an athletics official’s alleged sexual harassment of a fellow...
View ArticleOutspoken teacher sues St. Paul schools for racial discrimination
An African-American former teacher is suing St. Paul Public Schools for racial discrimination, claiming he was punished for criticizing the district’s racial equity policy. Aaron Benner said during a...
View ArticleReport says Minnesota has some of the nation’s leading teacher-training schools
Minnesota has two of the nation’s top-ranked teacher training schools, according to a report out Thursday from the National Council on Teacher Quality. St. Olaf College in Northfield and the University...
View ArticleUMN regents OK skyways for Athletes Village, pass on tunnel for freshmen dorm
The University of Minnesota is building skyways to keep its student-athletes warm while walking between practice facilities, but hundreds of freshmen will have to walk outside to get to their nearest...
View ArticleMinnesota’s spending $250M a year on preschool education. Is it enough?
Every summer, Connie Garling-Squire tries to contact all the families in the South St. Paul school district who have preschool-age children. As the district’s director of early learning and equity,...
View ArticleSt. Thomas Academy teacher allegedly smoked marijuana with students
A St. Thomas Academy teacher fired last week by the all-male Catholic prep school admitted to police that she wrote a paper for a student in exchange for marijuana and smoked the drug with two students...
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Teacher licensing overhaul heads to Mark Dayton — whether he’ll veto it is...
Kimberly Baker’s fight to get a permanent teaching license may soon be over. For years, Baker has been trying to get the Minnesota Board of Teaching to issue her a license that reflects her training...
View ArticleMN State colleges want $1 for Minneapolis mansion valued at negative $3 million
Minnesota State trustees Tuesday agreed to offer for sale a Minneapolis mansion that Minneapolis Community and Technical College no longer uses. The H. Alden Smith House has an appraised value of...
View ArticleMark Dayton vetoes teacher licensing overhaul bill
A long-anticipated overhaul of how Minnesota licenses teachers was thrown into doubt Thursday when Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed the legislation and asked lawmakers to improve their proposal. In a letter...
View ArticleSt. Kate’s adjunct professors could form a union
Adjunct faculty at St. Catherine University could vote this summer to join a union. The Service Employees International Union said St. Kate’s instructors filed cards Thursday triggering a vote to join...
View ArticleSt. Kate’s to reluctantly drop music, theater majors that are down to nine...
St. Catherine University is pulling the plug on its music and theater majors after years of life support. The two majors have a combined nine students, and three of them are graduating this month....
View ArticleAfter Supreme Court pass, Stillwater school-closure opponents running out of...
Parents opposed to the Stillwater school board’s decision to close three elementary schools are running out of options. The Minnesota Supreme Court said Friday that it will not review the board’s March...
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Word by word — and stranger by stranger — law student works to overcome...
On Sundays, law student Chase Hamilton rides the Blue Line from Minneapolis to the Mall of America in Bloomington to talk to strangers — 100 of them, in fact, one by one, mostly at random. The...
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